Netaji would have been horrified at the State’s extravaganza and triumphalism of the Ayodhya Temple event
23-Jan-24 Satya Narayana Sahu‘s article in NewsClick is a must read for right-wingers and acolytes of Mr Modi Right-wingers display little knowledge of true history. They have revived the discredited two-nation theory the British invented to divide and rule India. Satya Narayana Sahu’s article brings this fact out clearly. Modi-Shah of course flog it for…
Contrasting Consecrations at Somnath and Ayodhya Temples
Satya Narayana Sahu, in his timely articles in NEWSClick (Link) and The Wire (Link), shines a light on the secular behaviour of our late PM Nehru and contrasts it with the totally non-secular and overboard triumphalist extravaganza happening at Ayodhya. Nehru was not alone in the stand he took to avoid participation in the Consecration…
Gandhi, Vivekananda, Tagore, and Temple Consecration
The Ayodhya Temple consecration on 22nd January 2024, is being planned as a spectacle choreographed around the Prime Minister. This piece by Satya Narayana Sahu which was published in The Long Cable and The Wire earlier this week, is a reflection on the show boat and triumphalist Mr. Modi is. And it is also a…
Gandhi and SBM – प्रधानमंत्री ने गांधी की छवि का उपयोग कैसे किया
150वीं गांधी जयंती पर, प्रधानमंत्री ने गांधी की छवि का उपयोग कैसे किया On 20-Sep-2018 PM Modi invoked Gandhi while making a call to the nation for Swachh Bharat Mission: Video clip 4-Oct-2018 Vinod Kochar wrote this contrarian article 150वीं गांधी जयंती पर, प्रधानमंत्री ने गांधी को उनके विराट व्यक्तित्व के हिमालयीन शिखर…
Fake Hindus and How Radicalisation Happens
Retd Supreme Court Judge BN Srikrishna speaks his mind. He excoriates the ruling dispensation. Interviewed by Rana Ayyub, an intrepid journalist who wrote and published Gujarat Files herself (as no publisher wanted to take the risk of offending the Big One). Interview clip
We Could Do With Putting on Gandhi’s Glasses – Now Reduced to a Swachh Bharat Logo
2-Oct-23 is the 154th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 2nd October is known as Gandhi Jayanti in India. MKG is known as Mahatma Gandhi and Father of the Nation for his contributions to not just India’s freedom movement but also defining and shaping the ethos of non-violence and inclusivity accepted by (most) Indians. The…
How to deal with anchors of TV channels who are hate mongers?
For few years now many TV Channels and News Papers have come to be known as Godi media as they unabashedly push the ruling party’s agenda. In India, they have clearly failed to uphold the role of the 4th Pillar that Press is supposed to provides to the edifice of a democratic system. The Government…
INDIA tries to reduce hatemongering – boycott of many news channel anchors
19-Sep-23 Ashutosh, a senior Journalist, writes about hatemongers and press freedom. His article in Deccan Herald is titled: Of journalism, hatemongers, and press freedom 14-Sep-23 The Wire Arfa Khanum Sherwani interviews Alok Sharma of INC after INDIA formation decided to boycott 14 anchors. INC had already boycotted many channels, for e.g. Republic channel of Arnab…
Remember 9/11 For The Inclusivity Of Hinduism Swami Vivekand Spoke Of And Also The Dangers Of Fanaticism
9/11 is a date the whole world remembers for the attack by Al Qaeda terrorists led by Osama Bin Laden that killed nearly 3,000 innocent Americans including few foreigners. In today’s world, radicalised religious people can wreak havoc was brought home by the spectacular suicidal attack that involved crashing four fully laden commercial jets after…
Sanatan Dharma – what does it really mean – good and bad in every religion
Synopsis of the talk in the deshbhakt episode on Udaynidhi Stalin’s (DMK CM’s son – he is a film producer, actor and former politician) statement that “Sanatan Dharma should be eradicated”: Everyone talks about the good things in one’s own religion and tends to ignore or remain silent on the bad things or “weak points”…